Method and system for Internet of things capability integration

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is an Internet of things capability integration system, which relates to the field of Internet of things, and the field of telecommunication network and Internet. The disclosed Internet of things capability integration system includes: an Internet of things capability integration access platform, configured to be accessed by Internet of things capability devices, authenticate the accessed Internet of things capability devices, develop Internet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices, and load the developed Internet of things capability services; an Internet of things capability operation management platform, configured to perform an operation management operation on the Internet of things capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform; and an Internet of things capability opening management platform, configured to open the Internet of things network capability services developed and loaded by the Internet of things capability integration access platform, and perform an management operation on the opening of the Internet of things capability services. An Internet of things capability integration method is also disclosed. The present technical schemes sufficiently exert the operation capability and resources of operators, and cover the shortage of the current Internet of things industry development.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is the U.S. National Phase application of PCTapplication number PCT/CN2012/087550 having a PCT filing date of Dec.26, 2012, which claims priority of Chinese patent application201210185789.3 filed on Jun. 7, 2012, the disclosures of which arehereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present document relates to the field of the Internet of things, andthe field of telecommunication network and Internet. In particular, thedocument relates to integrating related capabilities of the Internet ofthings into a conventional telecommunication system through media suchas the Internet, a telecommunication network etc., and performingopening of the Internet of things capabilities through an operationchannel of the telecommunication network.

BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART

Since the online coke selling machine from the Xerox Corporation isstarted in 1990, the concept of “the Internet of things” has beengradually concerned by people.

As the name implies, “the Internet of things is exactly the Internetthat links things to each other”. This has two-layer meanings: first,the core and the basis of the Internet of things are still the Internet,and is a network extended and expanded on basis of the Internet; andsecond, its clients are extended and expanded between any things, forinformation exchange and communication. That is, the Internet of thingsis an information carrier based on the Internet, the conventionaltelecommunication network etc., to achieve all general physical objectswhich can be addressed independently as an interworking network.

The Internet of things will be the next “important productivity” whichpromotes the high-speed development in the world! This commonunderstanding is unquestionable. The Internet of things has become afocus direction of research and development in the world nowadays. TheUnited States' authoritative advisory organization FORRESTER predictsthat, by 2020, as compared with inter-people communication services, theInternet of things services in the world will reach 30 to 1. Therefore,“the Internet of things” is known as next tera-scale communicationservices.

Although at present the Internet of things technique has obtainedbreakthrough development and application in some fields or some keytechnological aspects, it has not been popularized, lacks large-scaleoperations, has capability development which is not deep enough, and hasrelatively single kinds of products, and has application and developmentwhich are also restricted by many factors. In particular, how to combinethe market with the development of the Internet of things industry, howto pull and prompt diversified development of the Internet of thingsservices and Internet of things capabilities by the market demands, andhow to further guide and prompt the development of the Internet ofthings industry have become the subjects which are badly needed to bediscussed and researched at present.

From the analysis of China's Internet of things industrial chain, it isanticipated that the future market leader will be telecommunicationoperators, and special Internet of things operators may appear with therefinement of division and the specialization, step-down and spread ofoperations. The operator will form a connecting link in whole industrialchain, to connect resources of various links in series, make theresources to play a maximal effect, and finally realize upgrade andimprovement of the whole industry, create benefit and profit, and reallyform an Internet of things industry which has high profit and high addedvalue and operates efficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the embodiments of the present document provides anInternet of things capability integration method and system, to overcomethe bottleneck problem in the current Internet of things operationtechnologies.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiments of the presentdocument disclose an Internet of things capability integration system,comprising an Internet of things capability integration access platform,an Internet of things capability operation management platform, and anInternet of things capability opening management platform, wherein,

the Internet of things capability integration access platform isconfigured to be accessed by Internet of things capability devices,authenticate the accessed Internet of things capability devices, anddevelop Internet of things capability services and load the developedInternet of things capability services based on the accessed Internet ofthings capability devices;

the Internet of things capability operation management platform isconfigured to perform an operation management operation on the Internetof things capability services developed and loaded by the Internet ofthings capability integration access platform; and

the Internet of things capability opening management platform isconfigured to open the Internet of things network capability servicesdeveloped and loaded by the Internet of things capability integrationaccess platform, and perform a management operation on the opening ofthe Internet of things capability services.

In the above system, the Internet of things capability integrationaccess platform comprises a capability access module and a capabilityservice development module, wherein,

the capability access module is configured to access the Internet ofthings capability devices, and perform authentication, management, andsafety functional operations on the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices; and

the capability service development module is configured to develop theInternet of things capability services based on atomic capabilitiesprovided by operators and the accessed Internet of things capabilitydevices, wherein, the development of the Internet of things capabilityservices at least comprises one or more of:

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test,service deployment, and service execution.

In the above system, the capability access module is configured toidentify addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange betweenvarious network levels, to complete physical layer access of theInternet of things capability devices, and acquire information of theaccessed Internet of things capability devices using one or more of thefollowing networks, and perform authentication, management, and safetyfunctional operations on the accessed Internet of things capabilitydevices according to the acquired information of the Internet of thingscapability devices:

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network,an internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets ofthings with private media.

In the above system, the operation management operation performed by theInternet of things capability operation management platform at leastcomprises authentication and accounting.

In the above system, the Internet of things capability operationmanagement platform comprises a unified operation portal module, amanagement unit, an accounting module, a statistic module, and a serviceexecution module, wherein,

the unified operation portal module is configured to provide a manageroperated WEB interface to device providers, capability providers,capability service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;

the management unit is configured to mange contents related to Internetof things services and Internet of things and conventionaltelecommunication convergent services, manage portals of the Internet ofthings services and Internet of things and telecommunication convergentservices, manage schemes of pricing and accounting policies andpreferential policies related to the Internet of things services, andmanage an ordering life cycle related to the Internet of thingsservices;

the accounting module is configured to perform rating and accounting onthe Internet of things services after the Internet of things servicesare used and ordered;

the statistic module is configured to analyze operation information andgenerate an operation report or a settlement statement; and

the service execution module is configured to operate the Internet ofthings capability services developed by the Internet of thingscapability integration access platform and invoke the conventionaltelecommunication capabilities.

In the above system, the management operation performed by the Internetof things capability opening management platform on the opening of theInternet of things capability services at least comprisesauthentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.

In the above system, the Internet of things capability openingmanagement platform at least comprises a capability opening module, anauthentication module, a flow control module, and an SLA managementmodule, wherein,

the capability opening module is configured to provide a unifiedcapability opening interface, to open the Internet of things capabilityservices to a third party;

the authentication module is configured to perform authentication andlink maintenance on the access in the process of opening thecapabilities;

the flow control module is configured to perform flow monitoring andload balancing in the process of opening the capabilities; and

the SLA management module is configured to perform service policies inthe process of opening the capabilities.

The embodiments of the present document further disclose an Internet ofthings capability integration method, comprising:

having Internet of things capability devices access to an Internet ofthings capability integration system, authenticating, by the Internet ofthings capability integration system, the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices, and developing Internet of things capabilityservices and loading the developed Internet of things capabilityservices based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices;and

performing, by the Internet of things capability integration system, anoperation management operation on the Internet of things capabilityservices which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet ofthings network capability services which are developed and loaded,opening the Internet of things network capability services andperforming a management operation on the opening of the Internet ofthings capability services.

In the above method, the process of having Internet of things capabilitydevices access to an Internet of things capability integration system,and authenticating, by the Internet of things capability integrationsystem, the accessed Internet of things capability devices comprises:

identifying addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange betweenvarious network levels, to complete physical layer access of theInternet of things capability devices, and acquiring information of theaccessed Internet of things capability devices using one or more of thefollowing networks, and performing authentication, management, andsafety functional operations on the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices according to the acquired information of the Internetof things capability devices:

a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network,an Internet, a wireless communication network, and other Internets ofthings with private media.

In the above method, the process of developing, by the Internet of thinscapability integration system, Internet of things capability servicesand loading the developed Internet of things capability services basedon the accessed Internet of things capability devices comprises:

developing the Internet of things capability services based on atomiccapabilities provided by operators and the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices, wherein, the development of the Internet of thingscapability services at least comprises one or more of:

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test,service deployment, and service execution.

In the above method, the operation management operation performed by theInternet of things capability integration system on the Internet ofthings capability services which are developed and loaded at leastcomprises authentication and accounting.

In the above method, the management operation performed by the Internetof things capability integration system on the opening of the Internetof things capability services which are developed and loaded at leastcomprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement(SLA) control.

The technical schemes of the present document overcome the shortage ofthe current Internet of things operation technologies, integrate theInternet of things capabilities into the operation system of theInternet (such as telecommunication) operators, and achieve opening ofthe capabilities by means of operation channels. The schemessufficiently exert the operation capabilities and resources ofoperators, to enable them to achieve more effects and create largervalues in the Internet of things industrial chain, cover the shortage ofthe current Internet of things industry development, and further promptthe development of the Internet of things industry.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a logic structure of an Internet of thingscapability integration and opening system according to an embodiment ofthe present document;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of architecture of an Internet of things capabilityintegration access platform according to an embodiment of the presentdocument;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of architecture of an Internet of things capabilityoperation management platform according to an embodiment of the presentdocument;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of architecture of an Internet of things capabilityopening management platform according to an embodiment of the presentdocument;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of capability integration and opening operationsof an Internet of things capability integration access platformaccording to an embodiment of the present document; and

FIG. 6 is a diagram of integration of Internet of things capabilitiesand conventional telecommunication capabilities according to anembodiment of the present document.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

In order to make the purpose, technical schemes, and advantages of thepresent document more clear and obvious, the technical schemes of thepresent document will be described in detail below in conjunction withaccompanying drawings. It should be illustrated that without conflict,the embodiments in the present application and the features in theembodiments could be combined with each other randomly.

Embodiment One

With the respect to the problems and bottlenecks of the development ofthe current Internet of things, in order to overcome the shortage of thecurrent Internet of things operation technologies, the inventor providesan end-to-end solution in the terms of Internet of things capabilityintegration and opening for integrating the Internet of thingscapabilities into the operation system of the communication (forexample, telecommunication) operators and opening the capabilitiesthrough communication operation channels. Thereby, the operationcapability and resources of operators are sufficiently exerted, toenable them to achieve more effects and create larger values in theInternet of things industrial chain, the shortage of the currentInternet of things industry development is covered, and the developmentof Internet of things industry is further prompted. Therefore, theinventor provides an Internet of things capability integration system.The system can provide to a customer, services such as unified terminaldevice authentication, terminal access control, accounting, terminalmanagement, industrial application management, service operationmanagement, platform management etc., and can also provide a bridge foropening capabilities and a platform for integrating services tocapability providers, thereby providing a better condition of makingfull use of communication media execution capabilities of operators anddeveloping Internet of tings services by customer clusters. Thereby, thetypes of capabilities and the forms of services of the Internet ofthings will be further richen, thus people's life can also be furtherimproved, and the operators can also create bigger development space andprofit in the blue ocean of the Internet of things.

Specifically, the Internet of things capability integration systemprovided by the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, comprises atleast three primary parts, i.e., an Internet of things capabilityintegration access platform, an Internet of things capability operationmanagement platform, and an Internet of things capability openingmanagement platform. Functions of various parts will be described below.

The Internet of things capability integration access platform isresponsible for being accessed by Internet of things capability devices,performing operations such as authentication etc. on the accessedInternet of things capability devices, and performing functions such asdevelopment of Internet of things capability services and loading of theInternet of things capability services etc. based on the accessedInternet of things capability devices.

The Internet of things capability integration access platform can notonly provide access and integration to public Internet of thingscapabilities, but also can provide integration to private Internet ofthings capabilities. The Internet of things capability operationmanagement platform is responsible for performing an operationmanagement operation (operations such as authentication, accountingetc.) on the Internet of things capability services developed and loadedby the above Internet of things capability integration access platform.At the same time, the Internet of things capability operation managementplatform may further combine the Internet of things capabilities withconventional telecommunication capabilities, and improve the Internet ofthings services by means of conventional capabilities.

The Internet of things capability opening management platform isresponsible for opening the Internet of things capability servicesdeveloped and loaded by the above Internet of things capabilityintegration access platform, and performing a management operation onthe opening of the Internet of things capability services. Themanagement operation includes operations such as authentication, flowcontrol, Service-Level Agreement (SLA) control etc. Wherein, the objectsto which the Internet of things capability services are opened may bedevelopers of capability services, or may also be personal users.

There is a communication interface between the above Internet of thingscapability integration access platform and the Internet of thingscapability operation management platform, which can complete informationsynchronization of service attribute data from the Internet of thingscapability integration access platform to the Internet of thingscapability operation management platform, and informationsynchronization to the Internet of things capability integration accessplatform when services are checked and the life cycle is managed by theInternet of things capability operation management platform. There is acommunication interface between the above Internet of things capabilityopening management platform and the Internet of things capabilityoperation management platform, which is used to complete synchronizationof information such as service data, SLA policy data etc. from theInternet of things capability operation management platform to theInternet of things capability opening management platform.

Based on the above system architecture, in the present embodiment, it isproposed that the Internet of things capability integration accessplatform may also be divided into a capability access module and acapability service development module.

The capability access module is responsible for performing access,authentication, management, and safety functional operations on theInternet of things capability devices.

Specifically, a network which is contacted directly by the capabilityaccess module is a TCP/IP based core network, and a network which iscontacted indirectly by the capability access module is an Internet, awireless communication network, or other Internets of things withprivate media. This module primarily identifies addresses of physicaldevices (for example, identifies the addresses of the physical devicesusing IPv6/IPv4) using gateway exchange between various network levels,to complete physical layer access of the Internet of things capabilitydevices, and has the premise of real-time communication and functioncontrol through a telecommunication network. That is, the capabilityaccess module communicates with one or more of the following networks toacquire information of the accessed Internet of things capabilitydevices, so as to perform authentication, management, and safetyfunctional operations:

a TCP/IP core network, an Internet, a wireless communication network,and other Internets of things with private media.

The capability service development module is responsible for developingservices based on atomic capabilities provided by operators and theaccessed Internet of things capability devices, wherein, the specificdevelopment process relates to one or more of the following:

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test,service deployment, and service execution.

Wherein, the atomic capability development may be completed by operatorsor device providers.

Three sub-processes, i.e., service arrangement, service test, andservice deployment may be completed by a service developer, or may alsobe completed by a normal user, since the Internet of things capabilityintegration access platform provides an online, visual and wizardservice development environment.

The sub-process, i.e., service execution, is an activity to perform inan operation stage, which further relates to operation cooperationbetween the Internet of things capability operation management platformand the Internet of things capability opening management platform. Thedetailed contents thereof can be known with reference to the followingdescription.

It should also be illustrated that in a preferable scheme, except forbasing on the atomic capabilities provided by operators and the accessedInternet of things capability devices, the Internet capabilities (forexample, telecommunication capabilities) may also be combined to developthe Internet of things capability services.

The above Internet of things capability operation management platformwill be described below. In the present embodiment, the Internet ofthings capability operation management platform may be divided into aunified operation portal module, a management unit, an accountingmodule, a statistic module, and a service execution module. Themanagement unit may also be divided into a content management module, aservice management module, a policy management module, and an orderingmanagement module.

Wherein, the unified operation portal module provides a manger operatedWEB interface to device providers, capability providers, capabilityservice developers, terminal users, and operator managers.

The content management module in the management unit manages contentsrelated to Internet of things services and Internet of things andconventional telecommunication convergent services;

the service management module in the management unit manages portals ofthe Internet of things services and Internet of things andtelecommunication convergent services;

the policy management module in the management unit manages schemes ofpricing and accounting policies and preferential policies related to theInternet of things services; and

the ordering management module in the management unit manages manage anordering life cycle related to the Internet of things services.

The accounting module performs rating and accounting on the Internet ofthings services after the services are used and ordered.

the statistic module analyzes operation information and form anoperation report or a settlement statement

the service execution module operates the Internet of things capabilityservices developed by the Internet of things capability integrationaccess platform and invokes the conventional telecommunicationcapabilities.

In the present embodiment, the above Internet of things capabilityopening management platform may be divided into a capability openingmodule, an authentication module, a flow control module, and an SLAmanagement module.

Wherein, the capability opening module primarily provides a unifiedcapability opening interface (such as ParlyX), to open the Internet ofthings capability services to a third party;

the authentication module performs functional operations such asauthentication, link maintenance etc. on the access in the process ofopening the capabilities;

the flow control module performs functional operations such as flowmonitoring and load balancing etc. in the process of opening thecapabilities; and

the SLA management module performs service policies in the process ofopening the capabilities.

In some other preferable schemes, the architecture of the Internet ofthings integration access platform is as shown in FIG. 2, which accessesthe Internet of things, a wireless network, or other communicationnetworks through core network switches and firewalls. The Internet ofthings capability integration access platform is further interconnectedto various Internet of things devices through the above network, tocomplete integration of Internet of things device capabilities. Wherein,the capability providers log in the capability service developmentmodule of the Internet of things capability integration access platformthrough the internet in a WEB manner, for development of the Internet ofthings capabilities and services.

The architecture of the Internet of things capability operationmanagement platform is as shown in FIG. 3, which accesses the Internetthrough the core network switches and firewalls, to provide operationmanagement services to terminal users, operator managers, deviceproviders, and capability providers; and the related Internet of thingscapability operation management platform further provides functionsperformed by services.

The architecture of the Internet of things capability opening managementplatform is as shown in FIG. 4, which accesses the Internet and thewireless network through the core network switches and firewalls, toprovide capability opening management services to the terminal users andapplication providers.

Embodiment Two

The present embodiment describes an Internet of things capabilityintegration method, which is proposed based on the system in the aboveembodiment one. Specifically, the process of implementing the Internetof things capability integration method comprises:

having Internet of things capability devices access to an Internet ofthings capability integration system, authenticating, by the Internet ofthings capability integration system, the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices, and developing Internet of things capabilityservices and loading the developed Internet of things capabilityservices based on the accessed Internet of things capability devices;and

performing, by the Internet of things capability integration system, anoperation management operation on the Internet of things capabilityservices which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet ofthings network capability services which are developed and loaded,opening the Internet of things network capability services andperforming a corresponding management operation on the opening of theInternet of things capability services.

In the above process of implementing the method, the specific process ofhaving Internet of things capability devices access to an Internet ofthings capability integration system, and authenticating the accessedInternet of things capability devices comprises:

identifying addresses of physical devices using gateway exchange betweenvarious network levels, to complete physical layer access of theInternet of things capability devices, and acquiring information of theaccessed Internet of things capability devices using one or more of thefollowing networks, and performing authentication, management, andsafety functional operations on the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices according to the acquired information of the Internetof things capability devices:

a TCP/IP core network, an Internet, a wireless communication network,and other Internets of things with private media.

The specific process of developing, by the Internet of thins capabilityintegration system, Internet of things capability services and loadingthe developed Internet of things capability services based on theaccessed Internet of things capability devices comprises:

developing the Internet of things capability services based on atomiccapabilities provided by operators and the accessed Internet of thingscapability devices, wherein, the development of the Internet of thingscapability services at least comprises one or more of:

atomic capability development, service arrangement, service test,service deployment, and service execution.

It should also be illustrated that the operation management operationperformed by the above Internet of things capability integration systemon the Internet of things capability services which are developed andloaded at least comprises authentication and accounting. Specifically,the operation management operation performed by the Internet of thingscapability integration system on the Internet of things capabilityservices which are developed and loaded may be known with reference tothe description in the above embodiment one, and will not be describedhere.

The corresponding management operation performed by the Internet ofthings capability integration system on the opening of the Internet ofthings capability services which are developed and loaded at leastcomprises authentication, flow control, and SLA control. Specifically,the corresponding management operation performed by the Internet ofthings capability integration system on the opening of the Internet ofthings capability services which are developed and loaded may be knownwith reference to the description in the above embodiment one, and willnot be described here.

The above process of integration of Internet of things capabilities willbe described below in conjunction with specific application scenarios.

FIG. 5 illustrates a specific operational procedure of integration andopening in the above integration of Internet of things capabilities,which comprises the following steps 501 to 509. These steps arespecifically described as follows.

In step 501, a capability provider completes development of atomicservices.

In step 502, a system manager completes access and management ofcapability services.

In steps 503-504, a service developer completes arrangement, developmentand test of the capability services.

In steps 505, 506, 508 and 509, a service manager completes managementof a life cycle of capability services, comprising aspects such asservice deployment, service upgrade, service scheduling, serviceoffline, service unloading etc.

In step 507, an external invoker completes triggering of capabilityservices, and after the triggering, the services may be performed by theInternet of things capability operation management platform.

Wherein, the system manager and the service manager may be operationmangers or may also be mangers which are authorized to perform by anoperator.

FIG. 6 illustrates architecture of integration of Internet of thingscapabilities and conventional telecommunication capabilities accordingto an embodiment of the present document. Wherein, it relates tointegration of conventional telecommunication short message capabilitiesand Internet of things capabilities. In such scenario, the Internet ofthings devices in a terminal user's residential access an Internet ofthings capability integration access management platform of an operatorthrough the Internet, and a capability developer completes developmentof capabilities through the Internet of things capability developmentmanagement platform, the capability services are deployed on theInternet of things capability operation management platform to completeexecution of services, and the Internet of things capability operationmanagement platform invokes the telecommunication short messagecapabilities to interact Internet of things services with the terminaluser when the services are performed. FIG. 6 merely illustrates adiagram of integration of Internet of things capabilities and atelecommunication capability. The figure is not limited to short messagecapabilities, and may further comprise capabilities of all currenttelecommunication operations, such as multimedia messages, flowservices, location services etc. In addition, the technical schemesprovided by the present embodiment are not limited to the integration ofthe Internet of things and the telecommunication system, and may also beintegration of the Internet of things and other Internets in accordancewith the above schemes.

A person having ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or apart of steps in the above method can be implemented by programsinstructing related hardware, and the programs can be stored in acomputer readable storage medium, such as a read-only memory, disk ordisc etc. Alternatively, all or a part of steps in the above embodimentscan also be implemented by one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly,each module/unit in the above embodiments can be implemented in a formof hardware, or can also be implemented in a form of software functionalmodule. The technical solutions are not limited to any particular formof a combination of hardware and software.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that the technical schemes ofthe present document integrate the Internet of things capabilities intothe Internet (for example, the telecommunication operation system),which is not only applicable for a common capability of the Internet ofthings, but also is applicable for a private capability of the Internetof things. Two potential capability provision sources of the commoncapability and the private capability may be activated at the same time,so that the common capability and the private capability of the Internetof things have a channel for further development and extension, therebybroadening the development field of the Internet of things.

At the same time, the technical schemes of the present document providea function of development of Internet of things capability services (orproducts) on the Internet of things capability integration accessplatform. This function provides an Internet of things device capabilitydevelopment platform to a capability provider, reduces the difficulty incapability development, enriches the execution logic of the devices, sothat the Internet of things device service execution logic (or devicefunction control logic) migrates in a direction of unified calculationand maintenance operated by the Internet of things, and further promptsthe standardization of the device capability interfaces. Thus, not onlylow-end smart devices can be incorporated to the service execution, toreduce the requirements for device access, and further prompt and guidethe development of the Internet of things devices; but also an idealplatform is created for enrichment of the Internet of things services(or products) and combination of the Internet of things capabilities andconventional Internet (for example, telecommunication) capabilities.

In addition, the technical schemes of the present document extend theInternet of things capabilities to operational services or products, sothat aspects such as the management of the capability services, themanagement of the terminal devices, the management of terminal users,the accounting etc. are more standardized, and will also further reducethe operation cost, and on the premise that the Internet of thingsindustrial chain is developed in a healthy way, a larger customercluster is developed for the Internet of things services or products,which excavates a bigger market.

The technical schemes of the present document provide a function ofcombining the Internet of things capabilities and conventionalcapabilities into integrated capabilities in the provided Internet ofthings capability operation management platform. Thereby, the Internetof things capabilities are opened to a Service Provider/Content Provider(SP/CP) and telecommunication terminal users through the conventionalInternet (for example, telecommunication) capabilities. This functionflexibly incorporates the telecommunication terminal users into theInternet of things system, and further integrates the physical networkservices with the smart terminals etc.

The technical schemes of the present document further provide openingand management of the Internet of things capabilities. Thus, the openingof the Internet of things capabilities not only prompts the market ofdeveloping public capabilities, so that the provision, capabilitydevelopment and capability use of devices are further refined, but alsoprompts development of private capabilities and low-end capabilities,which provides a good opportunity for the cold market of privatecapabilities and low-end capabilities. The management of the opening ofcapabilities subdivides the product links in the operation sets, therebypushing the control of capabilities to standardization and transparency.

The above description is only the preferable embodiments of the presentdocument and it is not intended to limit the protection scope of thepresent document. Any modification, equivalent substitution andimprovement made within the spirit and principle of the present documentshould be included within the protection scope of the present document.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The schemes sufficiently exert the operation capabilities and resourcesof operators, to enable them to achieve more effects and create largervalues in the Internet of things industrial chain, cover the shortage ofthe current Internet of things industry development, and further promptthe development of the Internet of things industry.

What is claimed is:
 1. An Internet of Things integration method, themethod being applied in a terminal device and comprising the followingsteps executed by hardware that performs instructions stored in anon-transitory computer readable medium in the terminal device:providing Internet of Things devices with access to an Internet ofThings integration system; authenticating the Internet of Things deviceswith the Internet of Things integration system; developing Internet ofThings services based on atomic capabilities provided by operators andthe Internet of Things devices; loading the developed Internet of Thingsservices based on the Internet of Things devices; performing amanagement operation, with the Internet of Things integration system, onthe Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded whileopening the Internet of Things services; opening the Internet of Thingsservices; and performing a management operation on the opening of theInternet of Things services; wherein the developing Internet of Thingsservices comprises configuring at least one of service arrangement,service testing, and service deployment; wherein the method furthercomprises the following steps: invoking telecommunication operations tointeract with Internet of Things services, wherein the telecommunicationoperations comprise message services, flow services, and locationservices; and managing a life cycle related to the Internet of thingsservices; wherein the life cycle comprises service deployment, serviceupgrade, service scheduling, service offline, and service unloading. 2.The method according to claim 1, wherein, the providing the Internet ofThings devices with access to the Internet of Things integration systemand authenticating the Internet of Things devices comprises: identifyingaddresses of physical devices using gateway exchange between variousnetwork levels to complete physical layer access of the Internet ofThings devices, and acquiring information of the Internet of Thingsdevices using one or more of the following networks, and performingauthentication, management, and safety functional operations on theInternet of Things devices according to the acquired information of theInternet of Things devices: a Transmission Control Protocol/InternetProtocol (TCP/IP) core network, an Internet, a wireless communicationnetwork, and other Internets of Things with private media.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 2, wherein, the management operation performed by theInternet of Things integration system on the Internet of Things serviceswhich are developed and loaded at least comprises authentication andaccounting.
 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein, the managementoperation performed by the Internet of Things integration system on theopening of the Internet of Things services which are developed andloaded at least comprises authentication, flow control, and ServiceLevel Agreement (SLA) control.
 5. The method according to claim 1,wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet of Thingsintegration system on the Internet of Things services which aredeveloped and loaded at least comprises authentication and accounting.6. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the management operationperformed by the Internet of Things integration system on the opening ofthe Internet of Things services which are developed and loaded at leastcomprises authentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement(SLA) control.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the methodfurther comprises: providing a manager operated WEB interface to deviceproviders, service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;managing contents related to the Internet of Things services and theInternet of Things devices and conventional telecommunication convergentservices, managing portals of the Internet of Things services andInternet of Things devices and telecommunication convergent services,managing schemes of pricing and accounting policies and preferentialpolicies related to the Internet of Things services, and managing anordering life cycle related to the Internet of Things services;performing rating and accounting on the Internet of Things servicesafter the Internet of Things services are used and ordered; analyzingoperation information and generating an operation report or a settlementstatement; and operating the Internet of Things services developed bythe Internet of Things integration system and invoking the conventionaltelecommunication convergent services.
 8. An Internet of Thingsintegration system, comprising: a processor, and a non-transitorycomputer readable medium storing programs that, when executed by theprocessor, cause the processor to perform the following steps: providingInternet of Things devices with access to the Internet of Thingsintegration system; authenticating the Internet of Things devices;developing Internet of Things services based on atomic capabilitiesprovided by operators and the Internet of Things devices; loading thedeveloped Internet of Things services based on the Internet of Thingsdevices; performing a management operation on the Internet of Thingsservices which are developed and loaded while opening the Internet ofThings services; and performing a management operation on the opening ofthe Internet of Things services; wherein the developing Internet ofThings services comprises configuring at least one of servicearrangement, service testing, and service deployment; wherein theprograms further cause the processor to perform the following steps:invoking telecommunication operations to interact with Internet ofThings services, wherein the telecommunication operations comprisemessage services, flow services, and location services; and managing alife cycle related to Internet of things services; wherein the lifecycle comprises service deployment, service upgrade, service scheduling,service offline, and service unloading.
 9. The Internet of Thingsintegration system according to claim 8, wherein, the providing theInternet of Things devices with access to the Internet of Thingsintegration system, and authenticating the Internet of Things devicescomprises: identifying addresses of physical devices using gatewayexchange between various network levels to complete physical layeraccess of the Internet of Things devices, and acquiring information ofthe Internet of Things devices using one or more of the followingnetworks, and performing authentication, management, and safetyfunctional operations on the Internet of Things devices according to theacquired information of the Internet of Things devices: a TransmissionControl Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) core network, an Internet, awireless communication network, and other Internets of Things withprivate media.
 10. The Internet of Things integration system accordingto claim 8, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internetof Things integration system on the Internet of Things services whichare developed and loaded at least comprises authentication andaccounting.
 11. The Internet of Things integration system according toclaim 8, wherein, the management operation performed by the Internet ofThings integration system on the opening of the Internet of Thingsservices which are developed and loaded at least comprisesauthentication, flow control, and Service Level Agreement (SLA) control.12. The Internet of Things integration system according to claim 8,wherein the programs further cause the processor to perform thefollowing steps: providing a manager operated WEB interface to deviceproviders, service developers, terminal users, and operator managers;managing contents related to the Internet of Things services and theInternet of Things devices and conventional telecommunication convergentservices, managing portals of the Internet of Things services andInternet of Things devices and telecommunication convergent services,managing schemes of pricing and accounting policies and preferentialpolicies related to the Internet of Things services, and managing anordering life cycle related to the Internet of Things services;performing rating and accounting on the Internet of Things servicesafter the Internet of Things services are used and ordered; analyzingoperation information and generating an operation report or a settlementstatement; and operating the Internet of Things services developed bythe Internet of Things integration system and invoking the conventionaltelecommunication convergent services.